Kavitha L. Ranganathan, MD

Specialties

Plastic Surgery

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Languages Spoken:

English

Kavitha L. Ranganathan, M.D., is a board-certified plastic surgeon who serves as the co-director of the cleft and craniofacial team at Shriners Children’s Boston. She is also the director of craniofacial reconstruction at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In addition to specializing in craniofacial surgery, she practices general reconstructive plastic surgery. Her clinical interests include reconstructive surgery for congenital anomalies, trauma and burn wounds.

Dr. Ranganathan is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and did her residency at the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed post-doctoral training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Michigan, as well as a craniofacial fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ranganathan is an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Ranganathan is passionate about craniofacial reconstruction. Her research has focused on increasing access to care where medical resources are limited, as well as for those suffering catastrophic expenditures due to an injury or diagnosis.

Pediatric Care

Specialty

Pediatric Surgery
Plastic Surgery

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More About Me

Board Certifications

American Board of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery - General

Education and Training

Medical Education|Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine|Chicago|IL||06/30/2011

Residency|University of Michigan Medicine|Ann Arbor|MI||06/30/2019

Fellowship|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Baltimore|MD||06/30/2020

Academic Positions and Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor

Leadership and Memberships

2022-Present: Co-Director, Shriners Children's Boston Cleft and Craniofacial team
2020-Present: Director, Craniofacial Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
2017-Present: Member, American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons
2020-Present: Member, American College of Surgeons
2020-Present: Member, Association of Academic Surgeons

Editorial Positions

2020-Present: Editorial Board Member, PLOS Global Health
2019-2021: Associate Editor, Plastic Surgery Network Resident Magazine
2017-2019: Associate Resident Editor, Plastic Surgery Network Resident Magazine

Awards and Honors

2022: Robert Ebert Prize for Health Care Delivery Research or Service
2021: Best Poster Award at Congress of Neurological Surgeons
2019: Moses Gunn James W. Crudup Award, University of Michigan Medicine
2019: Best Presentation Award, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2017: Young Investigator Award, University of Michigan, Department of Surgery
2016: Young Investigator Award, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research

Academic Works and Presentations

Lecture: International Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Nurses, Craniofacial Trauma Reconstruction in Young Adults (2021)
Lecture: American Cleft Palate Association Preconference Symposium, Socioeconomic Predictors of Outcomes Among Children with Clefts (2020)
Lecture: Program for Global Surgery and Social Change, Boston Children's Hospital; Defining the Burden of Surgical Expenditures Due to Trauma: Unintended Costs and Consequences (2021)
Lecture: Johns Hopkins Medical School; Cleft Care (2019)
Lecture: Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors and Detroit Medical Center; Scar Management and Postoperative Care/Burn Survivor and Family Workshop (2016)